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Posted inGeneral, Lifestyle

Is trying good enough? A reflection on motherhood

Psychological Society of South Africa by Psychological Society of South Africa 20 July 201511 August 2015

By Hameeda Bassa-Suleman I have learnt a lot about mothers and mothering in the past seven years of studying, training and then practicing as a psychologist. For the most part, I knew what would theoretically make a “good enough mother”, according to Donald Winnicott, and what would make a “not-so-good” mother. When I began seeing […]

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